Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11
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I would've put money on Jordan making the 23. At least Sotutu is, here's hoping both players impress when they do get the chance. Ardie and Beaudie should be fighting for their natural positions, not being shoehorned in when they are perfect utility bench players.
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@booboo said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
On this concept of the team being "safe".
IMO the "safe" team is not necessarly the team that is most likely to win.
Picking a team that is "less likely to lose" is kind of a pussy way out of taking a risk of trying to win, and conversely makes you more likely to lose because you're less likely to win.
That made sense when I thought it through in my head. Think it still does, but I'll leave it to youse guys.
We don’t really know though do we. Some these guys have experienced the loss of England but have another albeit disrupted season under their belts.
Some brand new players in the match day 23 and around the squad also can have a positive impact too.
Nothing is safe about this squad in my opinion (whatever that means). It doesn’t even have a “I’m worried about losing” feel to it either.
Bring on the Convicts.
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@DMX true regarding Jordie, but it looks like he ate Aaron Smith during the off season and the weight not only added confidence but also made more effective tackles and breaks... opinion of course but Jordie looks different this year.
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@ACT-Crusader sure but based on form at 12 none of us would have picked it, feel sorry for ALB. I think most of us here think he has played his best at 13
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@bayimports said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@ACT-Crusader sure but based on form at 12 none of us would have picked it, feel sorry for ALB. I think most of us here think he has played his best at 13
I like ALBs game, not as much as @mariner4life but there is something safe about him that is reassuring. But there is something that could be special with a Goodhue / Ioane midfield if both iron out a few issues. A definite work in progress and a risk to boot.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Just reading the caketin isn't sold out, 5000 seats available, first time since 2012 (in wellington )
apparently, people still a bit cautiousTicket prices look stupid when folks can go and watch the game at the pub for the price of a beer.
If there are any unsold seats, I hope they invite some Wellington school kids to attend for free.
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Lomu
Sivi
Rok
Savea
Ioane
Bridge
Bridge is the boring, safe selection I was worried about. And picking Savea at eight is the other obvious mistake (not even in the top three eights in the country)
Fozzie is trying not to lose, not actually win.
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@sparky said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Just reading the caketin isn't sold out, 5000 seats available, first time since 2012 (in wellington )
apparently, people still a bit cautiousTicket prices look stupid when folks can go and watch the game at the pub for the price of a beer.
If there are any unsold seats, I hope they invite some Wellington school kids to attend for free.
I'd guess a few might get snapped up late but really it's a combo of cautiousness/uncertainty about crowds, time of year (lots of household garden type work to get through to tidy up after winter plus kids go back to school the next day and parents tend to feel like they need to get organised for that ) and cost (Adult and two kids is about $150 for crappy seats, plus food and drink at inflated prices)
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
welcome! welcome! welcome to Chiefs land, circa 2000s! i hope you all enjoy your stay
@Donsteppa i bet they all thought we were over-egging it then tooJust to go back to that:
We knew, we were just pleased about it.
Not so much now of course.
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@canefan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.
Kirwan Green Gallagher? Wright was reserve!
That was the 1987 RWC back three. Wright replaced Green permanently in the starting XV from 1988.
I'm not sure when the most recent time was.
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@canefan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.
Kirwan Green Gallagher? Wright was reserve!
That was the 1987 RWC back three. Wright replaced Green permanently in the starting XV from 1988.
I'm not sure when the most recent time was.
I'm thinking that might have been the last time
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While I think the ABs will win comfortably, there's a real Wallaby feel to the AB XV: just picking the most talented blokes without much thought to the number on their back.
I really like Savea, Goodhue, Rieko and JB as players but it does look a bit odd seeing them picked where they have been. That said if it all clicks they could run up a cricket score.
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@Siam said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@MN5 or Guildford. All of this talk is yucky. Has Reiko still got his hairdo? Might as well speculate it's the first time we've had a blonde midfield
Apparently there's no "safe" brown players or "explosive" white players.
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@barbarian mate, I reckon I'd be feeling quite refreshed as a wallaby supporter.
A new broom and culture with fresh players keen to build something. Exciting rebuild ahead if you can just keep your rapacious fish head administrators at bay 😉.Process more important than outcome at this stage
It feels like you've got more to look forward to short term than us as we see if foster can truly be his own man
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